What to order at La Vieille Fontaine

Must order
The gastronomic or the vegetable menu, both rewritten as the day’s produce arrives.
Signature dishes
Seasonal set menu
Editor tip
Groups of more than ten book through the hotel’s sales team and share one menu; a bistro menu also runs Tuesday to Saturday.
CuisineFrench fine dining
Price€€€
NeighborhoodPlace De L Horloge
HoursTue-Sat 12:00-14:00, 19:00-21:15; closed Sun-Mon
ChefPascal Auger
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Address: 12 Place Crillon, 84000 Avignon

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OrderThe Menu Inspiration; Michelin noted pressed Alpilles lamb served in the style of a katsu sando.

TipMenu Inspiration comes in three, four or six services, with or without wine pairings; a chef’s table for two is available on request.

Acte 2 ★ 4.3

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OrderThe six-course dinner menu at €78, or the €45 menu at Saturday lunch.

TipThere is no à la carte, and the annual closure dates are listed on the restaurant’s site, so check them before booking.

Pollen 1 ★ ★ 4.8

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OrderThe Carte blanche menu, a surprise sequence that changes each week with local producers' supply.

TipThe weekday lunch Carte blanche is €60 and dinner runs €120 or €150; it is shut at weekends and for short breaks, so check the site's closure notice.

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OrderThe lunch menu from €42, or the Auberge menu from €69, both in a revisited Provençal tradition.

TipThe lunch menu starts at €42 and the Auberge menu at €69; the restaurant closes for January.

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Le Goût du Jour cooks chef Julien Chazal's modern menus in a room of stone walls, parquet and a coffered ceiling on Rue Saint-Étienne in Avignon.

OrderThe Menu Inspiration; Michelin noted pressed Alpilles lamb served in the style of a katsu sando.

TipMenu Inspiration comes in three, four or six services, with or without wine pairings; a chef’s table for two is available on request.

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Acte 2 sits behind a 17th-century green wooden door in Avignon, where chef Grégory Dandel serves set menus: six courses at dinner, one lunch on Saturdays.

OrderThe six-course dinner menu at €78, or the €45 menu at Saturday lunch.

TipThere is no à la carte, and the annual closure dates are listed on the restaurant’s site, so check them before booking.

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OrderThe €44 Joat menu, or the six-sequence menu at €67 for the longer version.

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OrderThe seasonal menu; Yonder praised roast John Dory, langoustine risotto and herb-crusted veal.

TipMenus start at €41 in Yonder’s June 2026 review; Anne Gleize runs the room, and the terrace looks onto the fountain.

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Pollen holds Avignon's Michelin star in the 2026 guide: chef Mathieu Desmarest cooks a weekly surprise menu from an open kitchen on Rue Joseph Vernet.

OrderThe Carte blanche menu, a surprise sequence that changes each week with local producers' supply.

TipThe weekday lunch Carte blanche is €60 and dinner runs €120 or €150; it is shut at weekends and for short breaks, so check the site's closure notice.

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